[martin_fierro]

catachresis • \kat-uh-KREE-sis\ • noun
1. use of the wrong word for the context
2. use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech
Example sentence:
The paper printed a correction for the previous day's catachresis: dubbing a local artist-philanthropist a "socialist" when they meant "socialite."

Eh, no harm, no foul.

[secret garden]

I thought the same thing. Your post was hit hard with an ugly stick though.

[NeoCaveman]

The paper printed a correction for the previous day's catachresis: dubbing a local artist-philanthropist a "socialist" when they meant "socialite."

Ha! I referr to Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota as the socialist socialite.